( Publisher’s Note: Each week, the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office distributes an inmate r with the names of everyone incarcerated and persons booked into the jail during the previous week and does not necessarily mean there is a new charge or conviction.) Prisoners housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center Nov. 3-9 include: Alicia Carver, 29, Oregon City, Ore., hold for other agency.

A federal court jury convicted a North Dakota man of methamphetamine trafficking crimes Nov. 6 after investigators seized nearly two pounds of meth that were hidden in a pinata and a jar of peanut butter, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said. After a three-day trial that began Nov. 4, a jury found Christopher Michael Stebbins, 53, of Williston, N.D., guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent to

With Roosevelt County Attorney Austin Knudsen being elected the state’s new attorney general, the commissioners are now in the hunt for a replacement. The county began advertising for the country attorney position this week. Commissioners said Knudsen will stay in the position through Dec. 31. The commissioners explained they will appoint someone to serve in the position until the

The Roosevelt County commissioners held their regular meeting Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 11 a.m. Commissioners Gordon Oelkers, Duane Nygaard and Gary Macdonald were in attendance. Road department requests for new equipment were approved. A John Deere backhoe for use in Bainville was approved, as was a request for a Ford truck in the amount of $33,685. Detention center employee Morty Manning resigned.